Trump tells PM Abe "I REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR" (which happened before he was born)

[Miles Archer]

Donald Trump bizarrely claimed to remember the start of World War II in a tense phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Washington Post reports.

In the tense June call, Trump told Abe that “I remember Pearl Harbor,” referring to the attack that brought the United States into the Second World war, which concluded before Trump was born in 1946.

Trump’s rant was part of “a blistering critique of Japan’s economic policies,” sources told the Post and complained that the Japanese don’t buy as many American goods as Americans buy Japanese goods.

“The meeting, which left Abe exasperated, epitomized the paradoxical nature of Trump’s closest relationship with a foreign leader,” the Post reports.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/donald-trump-falsely-claimed-remember-pearl-harbor-ranted-japanese-pm-report/

[NewJeffCT]

1. Maybe he's really older than he claims?

let's see the birth certificate (long form)

[Ohiogal]

3. Good point!

Either that, or his senility is getting worse.

[NewJeffCT]

26. Reagan had that memory problem as well

and the GOP loved him, too!

[RockRaven]

2. Oh, please, everything Trump knows about Pearl Harbor he learned from a Michael Bay movie

Think about that for a minute. And weep.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. What he meant was he remembered, vaguely, HEARING about Pearl Harbor and WWII

I mean this sincerely, he is so singularly focused and has such a tiny IQ, that is what he means, trust me.

[DesertRat]

33. Saying "I remember Pearl Harbor" to a Japanese person...

Link to tweet

Saying “I remember Pearl Harbor” to a Japanese person, but extra especially the JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER, is racist, xenophobic, & exactly what you should expect from a disgusting coward babyman like @realDonaldTrump #ImpeachTrump #TuesdayThoughts

[Eliot Rosewater]

34. Of course, that too. Now that you mention it. "I'm on to the Japanese?" I didnt see that

for fuck sake, what a filthy piece of shit

[MineralMan]

4. That's typical of Trump.

He remembers what he cannot possibly remember, and forgets what he should remember.

I was born in 1945, right around the time of the Hiroshima bombing. I was alive at the time, but have no memory of it, of course. Trump's grasp of history is deeply, deeply flawed.

[Kaleva]

5. In a talk with PM Theresa May, Trump said "I remember Bunker Hill!"

[bronxiteforever]

8. Lol!

[Sneederbunk]

6. Abe remembers the Alamo.

[Miles Archer]

15. ...

[ProudLib72]

7. Oh yeah, Rump? Well I remember Gettysburg

[struggle4progress]

9. "Frederick Douglass and I were just talking about Pearl. She was a good person on both sides

Front and back. Top and bottom. Everybody says so. That's what I hear"

[lunatica]

10. Prime Minister Abe should have retorted that

He remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I bet Trump wouldn’t be able to respond with such artful dealmaking acumen to That!

[marble falls]

13. Assuming that Cheetolini doesn't think those were his waiters at Benihana.

[lunatica]

22. LOL!

That would stump his alacritous rejoinder for a few moments too, putting a speed bump in his train of thought!

[marble falls]

25. What cheetoli would reply to flack over the Pear Harbor crack ...

What? Too soon?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

11. I remember the Cold War...vividly.

Does he mention that to his boss?

[marble falls]

12. And I have fond reremberence of before cheetolini became President ...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

24. The man just makes me calm to look at him. Ty for the nice picture.

[marble falls]

27. He makes me know we can get this trash cleaned out. When I get bugged, I almost always somehow ...

trip over a photo or meme of him somewhere and I chill right out.

[ChicagoRonin]

14. Trump complained that Japanese don't buy as many American goods as Americans buy Japanese goods?

Based on my own experiences, aside from certain high-end brand-name items, most Japanese (and a lot of other Asian countries) regard their home-grown products as being of better quality than stuff in the U.S.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. I'm sensing a pattern here.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/06/politics/war-of-1812-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-tariff/index.html

Exclusive: Trump invokes War of 1812 in testy call with Trudeau over tariffs


CNN Digital Expansion 2017 Jim Acosta
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By Jim Acosta and Paula Newton, CNN

Updated 3:05 PM ET, Wed June 6, 2018

(CNN) — President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a testy phone call on May 25 over new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration targeting steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada, including one moment during the conversation in which Trump made an erroneous historical reference, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.

According to the sources, Trudeau pressed Trump on how he could justify the tariffs as a "national security" issue. In response, Trump quipped to Trudeau, "Didn't you guys burn down the White House?" referring to the War of 1812.

The problem with Trump's comments to Trudeau is that British troops burned down the White House during the War of 1812. Historians note the British attack on Washington was in retaliation for the American attack on York, Ontario, in territory that eventually became Canada, which was then a British colony.

[Vinca]

18. Maybe he remembers a Hawaiian vacation in the 1960's - a bone spur healing vacation -

when he caught a case of the crabs near Pearl Harbor.

[tavernier]

19. He thinks she's a black singer.

Worked for him in one of his casinos.

[underpants]

31. Reminds me of a horrible racial joke I heard/told when I was a stupid kid

Not that I'm ragging on you. You are probably referencing the same joke.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. The album's not that old.

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions

Pearl Harbor and the Explosions was a musical act from San Francisco, California. Forming in 1978, the new wave band had limited success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with their debut single, "Drivin'", reaching the lower end of the American top 40 charts in 1980. That same year, they released a self-titled LP which included the song "Shut Up and Dance", which received considerable airplay, particularly in the Bay Area. The vocalist, Pearl E. Gates (also known as "Pearl Harbor", and later "Pearl Harbour" (British and Canadian spelling), would eventually marry Clash bassist Paul Simonon. Gates had been a part of the Leila and the Snakes live shows, prior to forming the band. After Gates left the band, the remaining members, Peter Bilt and the Stench brothers (stage names for John and Hilary Hanes) performed as Peter Bilt and the Expressions.

Take it away, Pearl Harbor and the Explosions:

[gratuitous]

21. In normal circumstances, this would call for an intervention

Is the President sane? Is he oriented to time and place? Does he understand his situation? Can he differentiate between his private fantasy world and reality?

The Republicans who control Congress are aware of this, and do nothing. The media watch Trump's mental decline and Congress' inaction, and report nothing. Now you know how it happened in other countries.

[Girard442]

30. By now everybody can see he's hopelessly broken.

That the congressional R’s do nothing is a testament to the depths of their cravenness.

[Sancho]

23. Reagan used to confuse movie scenes with reality...

and he had Alzheimers!

At least he didn't mention the Bowling Green Massacre!

[Solly Mack]

28. Wonder which movie about WWII Trump was picturing himself in at the time?

LMAO

Liar. Idiot. Can't even get his Walter Mitty moments right.

[DesertRat]

32. Donnie couldn't point out Pearl Harbor on a map

[C_U_L8R]

35. Remember the Maine!!

No wonder he hates Cuba.

[brooklynite]

36. It's true...

There was DEFINITELY TV coverage of Japanese crowds cheering the bombing on December 7.....

[Ilsa]

40. And donald personally knew a lot of those seamen that died on the USS Arizona! nt

[JHB]

37. He's trying to sound Reaganesque. And, for once, succeeding...

...but not n the way he thinks.

[TheBlackAdder]

38. Kicking this to the top.

[0rganism]

39. maybe he watched "Tora! Tora! Tora!" over the weekend?

not much to go on, but that would put his knowledge of WWII on par with his knowledge of the Vietnam war and he's an expert on that now...

Tora!x3 imdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066473/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Trump displays his vast and intimate knowledge of movie weaponry to Vietnam veterans: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/omarosa-trump-vietnam-veterans-agent-orange-napalm-apocalypse-now.html

[LeftishBrit]

41. I suppose he remembers when the Germans bombed it?